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Remember the Fallen

“Remember the Fallen; Honor those who serve; Teach the next generation the value of freedom.” Lofty…But they explain it best. “Morrill Worcester, owner of Worcester Wreath Company of Harrington, Maine, was a 12-year-old paper boy when he won a trip to Washington D.C. It was his first to our nation’s

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Veteran Voices – November 2024

By Josh Porthouse What does 501c(3) actually mean? Or why does the IRS incentivize donations to lower your taxable income? To answer those questions, let’s first clarify what we’re discussing. The Internal Revenue Service is a collections arm of the Department of the Treasury, which is a primary office of

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Does the Flag Still Stand for Freedom?

By: Josh Porthouse Do people still “thank their lucky stars to be living here today”? Definitely, at least, I think so. Don’t they? Our Labels Lee Greenwood said “they” can’t take away that the flag still stands for freedom. It’s strange to think that it only took forty years for

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Courage Over Fear

VETERAN VOICES By Josh Porthouse “It takes a village to raise a child.” Have we really come that far? Sure our villages have changed, and our trust of the villagers has become more cloistered, but aren’t we still relying on society in order to grow? Looking back, even as adults

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Cybersecurity

Ben Franklin said, “Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” While his objection was meant for the Pennsylvania Penn family who were trying to buy their way into a mid-18th century tax abatement, in modern times, it has come

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Freedom Isn’t Free

Freedom isn’t free. That’s not new. But free lunches don’t only apply to USO treats on the flight line surrounding a deployment rotation. All military members contribute a certain resilience to the fabric of society. We don’t quite have the utility of farming to the societal denim; we’re more like

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Hero’s Journey

The most common mental health challenges faced by veterans, active duty, and reservists include PTSD, anxiety, depression, substance abuse, and moral crises like suicide or homicide. Triggering events, nightmares, flashbacks, hypervigilance, and emotional detachment often cause us to feel ostracized or stigmatized within our peer groups. Internal struggles with trauma,

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